Question : REVIEW OF TIBET POLICY

(a) whether the attention of the Government has been drawn to the statement made by the Tibet’s spiritual leader, Dalai Lama on CNN-IBN channel that India’s overcautious attitude towards Tibet was creating resentment among Tibetans and urged India to periodically review its Tibet Policy as reported in the Hindustan Times dated April 9, 2007;

(b) if so, the reaction of the Government thereto; and

(c) the present policy of the Government on Tibet?

MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS (SHRI PRANAB MUKHERJEE)

(a)-(c) Government have seen the report carried in the Hindustan Times of 9 April 2007.

Government have recognised the Tibet Autonomous Region as part of the territory of the People’s Republic of China.